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University of Michigan Hospital workers use their phones to record as the Blue Angels flyover Ann Arbor in honor of essential workers outside of Michigan Hospital on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Melanie Maxwell, Detroit Free Press

Roger Henry, 55, of Detroit crossed the river to Belle Isle to watch as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels streak by against the Detroit skyline Tuesday, May 12, 2020 to pay tribute to frontline workers amid the Coronavirus outbreak. Doug Ruffley, 70, of Troy and a retired Navy veteran uses his binoculars at right. Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press

Spectators watch from Windmill Pointe Park as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over metro Detroit on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 to pay tribute to those on the coronavirus front lines. Kathy Kieliszewski, Detroit Free Press

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over metro Detroit including along the shores of Lake St. Clair near the Grosse Pointes to pay tribute to those on the coronavirus front lines. Kathy Kieliszewski, Detroit Free Press

Spectators shoot photos and videos of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over from Windmill Pointe Park in Grosse Pointe Park on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. The Navy scheduled the fly over to pay tribute to those on the coronavirus front lines. Kathy Kieliszewski, Detroit Free Press

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels flew over metro Detroit including over Lake St. Clair near the Grosse Pointes to pay tribute to those on the coronavirus front lines on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Kathy Kieliszewski, Detroit Free Press

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are framed between two sailboat masts at Windmill Pointe Park in Grosse Pointe Park as the planes fly over metro Detroit to pay tribute to those on the coronavirus front lines on Tuesday, May 12, 2020.. Kathy Kieliszewski, Detroit Free Press

The Blue Angels took a brief trip over Detroit on Tuesday as a salute to coronavirus frontline workers.

Detroit was one of three cities to see the Angels on Tuesday, including Indianapolis and Chicago. The Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds have been flying over cities hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic in a salute known as America Strong.

The first flyover by both the Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels took place over New York City, Philadelphia and Trenton, New Jersey. The Blue Angels have also performed flyover salutes in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and New Orleans in May.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels streak by against the Detroit skyline Tuesday, May 12, 202,0 to pay tribute to frontline workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.(Photo: Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press)

The loop was scheduled to start west of metro Detroit and travel east over Dearborn and Detroit, then north toward Sterling Heights, ending along the water over St. Clair Shores and over the Detroit River.